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Another Round

Episode 61: The Greatest (with Claressa Shields)

Another Round

BuzzFeed

Society & Culture

4.84.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Boxer Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal at age 17. Now, 21, she's off to Rio to win another. She walks us through her mindset before and during a match, then talks about her confidence, her grandmother, and her hometown of Flint, MI. Plus, Tracy reflects on what it meant for her to go home to Louisville for Muhammad Ali's memorial. Read Tracy's essay, 'Here’s What Muhammad Ali Meant To Black Louisville Natives Like Me' at http://bzfd.it/292cHZX. Follow Claressa at @Claressashields, and watch 'T-Rex' at t-rexthefilm.com. Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. Get 15% off through July 18 with offer code ANOTHERROUND. We're taking the next two weeks off. See you in July!

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0:00.0

Hi everyone I'm heaven I'm Tracy and welcome to another round of Tevin and Tracy

0:06.4

And the same person was screaming everybody's excited

0:10.0

People were tearing the place apart

0:12.4

Come down everybody they're gonna kick us out of here. I think they're gonna tell them we're lying

0:18.1

What what up Tracy? Hi, how are you? I missed your face first of all?

0:22.9

What looks like it's poppin. It's glowing. Thank you. I see your eyeliner

0:27.7

Winged eyeliner on point as always sometimes I just want to be able to fly away

0:31.9

So my my winged eyeliner makes me feel like I can maybe do that. Oh my god

0:36.6

Thank you. I just made it

0:39.2

So what do we have on the show today trace? I'm very excited because today we get to talk about my hometown of

0:44.8

Louisville Kentucky

0:46.8

I went back for my hominemorial service and I talked to some people a rote and stuff

0:51.5

We're gonna talk about it. We're not even thinking so much about his death. So I'm really I don't know

0:56.0

That feels weird to say I'm excited to talk to you about it

0:58.8

But I am like yeah, he was an iconic man. Yes

1:03.5

I'm really excited for that. I want to hear everything me too and then

1:07.2

I'm gonna stick down a top two Clarissa shields if you're not familiar with her

1:11.0

She is a 21 year old boxer legend legend who at the tender age of 17 years old one

1:18.8

The gold medal in US boxing in the Olympics first woman to do so. Yo crazy

1:24.5

So it's gonna be a it's gonna be a sporty show. It's gonna be an episode of greatness. It is the greatest

1:31.2

You see that you see that let's do it. It's impossible not to see

1:42.5

I mean may have heard that Muhammad Ali passed away. Mm-hmm

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